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Edited by Victor A. Levin. 474 pp., illustrated. New York, Churchill Livingstone, 1996. $99. ISBN 0-443-08880-2.

The study of nervous system cancer has become a subspecialty, neuro-oncology. As the hyphenated name implies, neuro-oncology is a multidisciplinary field that focuses on primary tumors of the nervous system and the effects of systemic cancer on the nervous system. It includes specially trained neurologists, neurosurgeons, pathologists, radiologists, radiation oncologists, and medical oncologists. On the surface, such a subspecialty would seem arcane and not of interest or relevance to most practicing physicians. However, as Levin's book notes, the field is growing, and all practicing physicians will encounter it to some extent. The rising incidence of primary brain tumors and, more . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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